Train Crash Kills 26, Injures 65 at Terre Haute
A head on collision of two Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger trains near Terre Haute Indiana killed 26 and wounded about 65, virtually all soldiers on furlough from overseas. The Dixie Flyer and an express train wrecked on a single track 2:20 am with debris strewn along the tracks.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
St. Anthony and Union
Here
Miami
Fla
Chicago
Lewis Rause
Evansville
Air Activity Declines in Bad Weather Over Europe
Weather halted RAF Mosquito raids as Allied air forces launched a four night series totaling over 12 000 tons of bombs on Germany despite heavy losses. Night raids targeted Berlin and frontline targets with fighters supporting British Canadian and Polish units.
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London
RAF Mosquitos
Berlin
Germany
RAF
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Aachen
Koblenz
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Nancy
Metz
George S. Patton
Third Army
Ninth
Casualty List Grows to 389125 in U S Forces
Secretary of War Stimson reports total US casualties through August 29 reach 389,125. Army figures show 327,616 casualties by category, navy list adds 1,509. Army killed 62,357. wounded 172,042. missing 45,036. prisoners 48,181. Navy killed 24,450. wounded 23,064. missing 9,529. prisoners 4,466.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Moley Predicts Dewey Victory in Key States
Raymond Moley, former Roosevelt adviser and secretary of state in exile, asserted New York and the middle west are definitely in the bag for Dewey. He called Massachusetts Pennsylvania Missouri West Virginia and New Jersey pivotal and said Pennsylvania alone could tip the balance.
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Denver
Raymond Moley
Presii Roosevelt
New York
Middle West
Dewey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Missouri
West Virginia
New Jersey
State pharmacy exams set for Idaho students
James J. Lynch secretary of the Idaho pharmacy board announced exams will be held at University of Idaho Southern campus in Pocatello on October 27 and 28.
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University of Idaho Southern
Pocatello
James J. Lynch
The
Idaho Pharmacy Board
Allied offensives pierce Siegfried Line near Aachen
AP dispatch reports Allied forces slugging deep into the Siegfried belt along a 150 mile front as breakthrough drives threaten Aachen and Nancy. Maastricht advances push toward Valkenburg while Warsaw's Praga district falls to Soviet troops. Berlin police reshuffle follows peace riot reports as thousands flee war plants.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Home Front
Berlin
Himmler
Kurt Gohrum
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Swiss
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic Coast Hurricane Near North Carolina Coast
A major Atlantic hurricane veered north past Cape Hatteras threatening the coast with winds over 60 mph and higher offshore. Advisories predicted a move along the Atlantic and a possible crossing of southeastern New England by Thursday night with hurricane warnings from Myrtle Beach to Portland Maine.
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Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Morehead City
U.S. Marine Corps
Cherry Point
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
New England
Hatteras
Virginia Capes
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Portland
Maine
New York Weather Bureau
New York
Virginia Beach
Norfolk Weather Bureau
Weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity
Clear today and tonight with Friday showers in mountain areas. Cooler today with higher temperatures Friday. Data shows high 58, low 54, normal 60, month to date 0.02 inches, no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Sunsets 7:42, sunrise 7:09.
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Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Prisoner Krause Calm After Trial Before Execution
In Chicago during Alvin Krause murder trial extra guards restrained him from violence. Now awaiting the electric chair tomorrow the 29 year old is described by Warden Frank Sain as a changed man, from bully to Bible reading prisoner.
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Chicago
Alvin Krause
Krause
Frank Sain
Cook ‘County
Hillman Urges Action at CIO Convention
Sidney Hillman, chairman of the CIO political action committee, urged labor to boost campaign participation from now until November 7. He told United Automobile Workers delegates that decisive state results depend on labor effort and warned victory hinges on political action as in war production.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Sidney Hillman
CIO
French Break Through to Belfort Gap Near Chaumont
French troops pushed within 15 miles of Chaumont as they pushed toward the Belfort gateway. American forces advanced toward Belfort from the Villerseux area while Pont de Roide fell after heavy fighting. The offensive also overran Langres and Gray as tanks reinforced counterattacks.
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Rome
Marne
Chaumont
John J. Pershing
Belfort
Germany
Villersexe
Pont de Roide
Autechaux- Roide
Seventh Army
Langres
Nancy
Plateau de
Doubs
Genevrieres
Gray
Saone
Blaze Stubborn Forest Fire Blocks Range Near House Mountain
More than 100 firefighters battled a 100 acre blaze on the lover slopes of House Mountain near here. Boise National Forest Supervisor Thomas H. Van Meter said one edge broke containment last night, with the fire spreading into dense brush as crews rushed to protect nearby livestock range.
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Anderson
House Mountain
Thomas H. van Meter
Boise National Forest
Pacific carrier raids halt 200 Japanese planes during Philippines assault
Allied reports say three straight days of carrier air strikes against the central Philippines cost Japan about 200 aircraft. Nimitz says the raids targeted Cebu Panay Negros Leyte Zamboanga and nearby targets while land bases in Halmahera Ceram and Boeroe were also attacked.
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Philippines
Manila Radio
U. S
Negros and
Lyte Islands
Leyte
Luzon
Manila
Zamboanga
Pacific Fleet
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Cebu
Panay
Negros
Zamboanga Island
Nimitz
Palau Islands
William “Bull” Halsey
Halmahera
Celebes
Mindanao
Ceram
Boeroe Islands
Atmost
Japan
Kurile
Tokyo
Carolines
Tengchung Falls as Chinese Capture Key Japanese Fortress
Chungking reports the Japanese fortress Tengchung, southwest China headquarters for the Burma road sector, has fallen after two months of defense by about three thousand Nipponese. The victory opens a mountain trail north of the Burma road, aiding Allied efforts to supply China from north Burma. Strategic air forces focus on Moulmein and the Mandalay Lashio railroad.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Burma
China
Tenechung
Burma Road
Tengchung
Southeast Asia
Moulmein
Mandalay-Lashio
Doughboys Break Siegfried Line Deep Into Luxembourg Front
American forces under Lt Gen Hodges and Lt Gen Ison drove two miles into Germany from Luxembourg on a 150 mile front. The push breached the Siegfried defenses near Aachen and Prum while Patton’s troops reached the outer Moselle zone near Nancy. Allied air and armor supported rapid advances amid German resistance.
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London
Aachen
Luxembourg
First Army
Prum
Germany
Third Army
Moselle
Nancy
Netherlands
Courtney H. Hodges
Siegfried Line
Our River
George Iton
Berlin
Chateau-Salins
Pont-a-Mousson
Metz
Patton
Luneville
Charmes
Aachen- Prum
Paris
Lammersdorf
Brest
U. S
Crash Kills Nine at Desert Training Mission
Nine airmen died when a bomber crashed during a routine desert training mission near Triangle Idaho about 50 miles southwest of Mountain Home. The victims include Second Lt. Joseph C. Leutz Detroit Michigan Second Lt. Harry Nye Jones Jr Roseville Michigan Flight Officer Richard A Zar ger Green Castle Pa Corp Charles Kelly Philadelphia Pa Corp Billy Davis Birmingham Ala Corp John D Weaver Pittsburg Pa Pic Clyde D Mahon San Diego Calif Pfc James T Wiley Nashville Tenn Pfc Lawrence E Kronberg Dearborn Michigan.
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Mountain Home
Desert
Triangle
Idaho
Mountain Home Army Air Field
Clarence Barnhill
Joseph C. Leutz
Detroit
Mich
Harry Nye Jones, Jr
Roseville
Richard A. Zarger
Greencastle
Charles Kelly
Philadelphia
Billy Davis
Birmingham
Ala
John D. Weaver
Pittsburgh
Clyde D. Mahon
San Diego
Calif
James T. Wiley
Nashville
Deafness authority Dr Hughson dies in Abington
Philadelphia report says Dr Walter Hughson a national expert on deafness died at Abington Memorial Hospital. He was found in a tree nursery pit near the hospital after disappearing Monday night in rain. Officials cite spinal meningitis as the cause and note he remained semi conscious before dying.
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Philadelphia
Walter Hughson
Abington Memorial Hospital
Fred Schmidt
Hughson
Evacuation Planned as Ocean City Braces for Hurricane
Lieutenant Weber said preparations underway to evacuate Ocean City Maryland residents from 500 to 1,000 people remain, with about 60 buses from motor coach lines being assembled at Salisbury 24 miles inland. Communication lines to the resort were out of order.
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Baltimore
W. H. Weber
Ocean City
Weber
Maryland
Salisbury
War Prisoner Donates To Bannock Red Cross
Second Lieut. Daniel B. Harris, a German prisoner of war, gave 25 dollars to the Bannock County Red Cross saying the organization does much for him and others. In a letter to Mrs. May Kirchner Eugene Ruger of Bancroft reported Harris asked his wife Melba Harris to donate in support of servicemen and Red Cross work.
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Daniel B. Harris
Bannock County
Red Cross
May Kirchner
Eugene Ruger
Bancroft
Harris
Melba Harris
Fire Department Busy This Week
The fire department answered two calls Monday including a flue fire at Mrs. Joe Peterson's home 454 North Garfield and an inhalator request at the army air field. On Wednesday three grass fire calls came from Main and Carson near a service station First and Humboldt and the 1200 block between First and Second avenues. A coal bin fire was extinguished at the residence and bakery of E B Cordon 251 North Grant.
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Joe Peterson
North Garfield
Army Air Field
Main
Carson
First
Humboldt
Second Avenues
E. B. Cordon
N. Grant
Waves Bill Passes in Senate Compromise
The Senate approved a compromise bill allowing Waves to serve overseas but restricts service to Hawaiian and western hemisphere stations. The measure now goes to the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hawaiian
Soviet Troops Fight Into Praga Streets
Moscow cables report massive Soviet forces pushed into Praga the eastern suburb of Warsaw as part of a broad frontline push. Troops also advanced toward East Prussia and crossed into Transylvania while Polish and German units contend around Lomza and the Narew.
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London
Warsaw
Praga
Vistula
Berlin
Beskide
Carpathian Range
Kosice
Czechoslovakia
Narew River
Lomza
East Prussia
Romania
Szekler
Transylvania
Hungary
Moscign
Stalin
Germany
Praca
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Poland
Suvorov
Kremlin
Rokossovsky
Zymunt Berling
Bor
Narew
Dewey Attacks Jackson Hole Monument Policy
Governor Thomas E. Dewey assailed President Roosevelt for creating the Jackson Hole National Monument saying the act shows the deviousness of the New Deal and its disrespect for local opinions. He noted Wyoming residents oppose the order which removed 220,610 acres from tax rolls and said Congress blocked similar legislation. Wyoming has filed suit to overturn the order.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Jackson Hole National Monument
Sheridan County
Dewey
Wyoming
Jackson Hole
Congress
The Road to Berlin Distances By Front
The Associated Press lists progress milestones on the path to Berlin. Russian front stands 312 miles from Pulutsky, Western front 319 miles east of Eupen, Eastern France 440 miles from Montbeliard, and Italian front 563 miles from Rimini.
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Pulutsky
Eupen
France
Berlin Montbeliard
Rimini
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YANKS
Moley
Bulletins
LON ON
Siegfried Belt
Maastricht
Holland
Siegfriedine
Valkenburg
Joseph Stalin
Ernst Thaelmann
Comunist
Buchenwailde
Weimar
Rudolf Breitscheid
Thaeimann
Reichstag
England
Rotterda
Don
Ete
TBERN
Oblenz
Stuttgart
Switzerland
Trier
Metz- Nancy
Vesoul
Chatillon
Hechte
Atlantic Coast
Hillman
Blaze Stubborn
Pacific
Hodges
Bannock Red Cross
Fire Department
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